EEPORT OF THE SECRETARY, 91 



1579. Notes on the Nomenclature of Certain Genera of Birds. By H. C. 

 Oberliolser. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscelhmeous Collections (Quarterly 

 Issue), Vol. XLVIII. 



1580. The Bibliography of Halley's Comet. By E. F. McPike. Reprinted 

 from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. 

 Pages 69-7.3. 



1.581. The Ancestral Origin of the North American Unionidse. By C. A. 

 White. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly 

 Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 89-112. 



1.584. Smithsonian Exploration in 1904 in search of Mammoth and other 

 Fossil Remains. By A. G. Maddren. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 

 part of Vol. XLIX. City of Washington : Published by the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 1905. Pages 1-117, plates i-vi. 



1586. The Diplomatic Service of the United States, with some Hints toward 

 its Reform. By Hon. Andrew D. White. Hamilton Lecture. Reprinted from 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 

 317-138. 



1587. The History of the Whale Shark (Rhinodon Typicus Smith). By 

 Barton A. Bean. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 

 (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 139-148, plates xxxiv-xxxvi. 



1588. The Avian Genus Bleda Bonaparte and some of its Allies. By Harry 

 C. Oberholser. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quar- 

 terly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 149-172. 



1589. Scaphoceros Tyrelli, an Extinct Ruminant from the Klondike Gravels. 

 By Wilfred H. Osgood. Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 

 (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. Pages 173-185, plates xxxvii-XLir. 



1590. A New Genus and several New Species of Landshells collected* in 

 Central Mexico by Dr. Edward Palmer. By William Healey Dall. Reprinted 

 from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. XLVIII. 

 Pages 186-194, plates xliii-xliv. 



1591. The Family of Cyprinids and the Carp as its Type. By Theodore Gill. 

 Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. 

 XLVIII. (In press.) 



1592. The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. By Cyrus Adler. 

 Reprinted from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Quarterly Issue), Vol. 

 XLVIII. (In press.) 



1593. Instances of Hermaphroditism in Crayfishes. By W. P. Hay. Re- 

 printed from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections ( Quarterly j Issue), Vol. 

 XLVIII. (In press.) 



III. SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORT. 



The annual report, as usual, is issued in two volumes : Part I being devoted 

 to the Institution proper. Part II to the National Museum. The contents of 

 the Smithsonian volume for 1903 was listed in last year's report, although the 

 book itself was still in the hands of the printer at the time. The same is here 

 true with regard to the volume for 1904. 



1595. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the 

 year ending June 30, 1904. Washington : Government Printing Office, 190.5. 

 Octavo. Pages i-lxxix, 1-804 ; 146 plates. 62 text figures. 



The Secretary's Report for the year ending June .30, 1904, was put in type 

 in November, 1904, for the use of the Regents. The General Appendix to 



